It's Christmas Again Kimi Ga Iru Kara in Sayuri Sugawara's 1st Official Thread - Page 11

Utena · #**201** 21st June 2011, 01:17 PM

二人の影 -> Futari no Kage -> Two Shadows

The first cover is gorgeous, not liking the second.. Which is the version i'll probably pick up.. GAH. Or not?...

NintendoHTF1242 · #**202** 21st June 2011, 03:41 PM

Ew, why is Suki Kotoba back?

The 2nd cover is awful

Bigtop · #**203** 21st June 2011, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Utena

二人の影 -> Futari no Kage -> Two Shadows

Thanks for translating. Definitely needed that.

Bigtop · #**204** 28th June 2011, 09:06 PM

"Forever..." PV preview

Utena · #**205** 28th June 2011, 10:56 PM

Love it, I'll buy both versions for sure, she needs some support

Bigtop · #**206** 29th June 2011, 01:43 AM

Oh, by the way...

Happy 21st birthday, Sayu!

(She was born on June 29, 1990 at Yokote, Akita)

AyuGAME · #**207** 29th June 2011, 04:56 AM

nice song...
Happy 21st birthday!!!

Bigtop · #**208** 16th July 2011, 08:12 AM

Looking at the NINKI ratings seem to put me into a 50% confidence: she is #9 (13.80; TUBE has #1 but roughly 50.90, nothing like those AKB48/Arashi 500+ ratings).

Hopefully she's back in the top 30 (or 20) with this, but if she can get a top ten, that would be really surprising to us here.

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/na/w/

Bigtop · #**209** 17th July 2011, 06:44 AM

Sorry for double-posting, but THIS: (http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/07/sug...akita-station/)

Quote:

Sugawara Sayuri to make a comeback in front of Akita Station

Following in Nishino Kana’s footsteps, Sugawara Sayuri’s popularity is growing as she becomes the next “Chaku Uta Queen”. Sugawara is set to release her mini album “Forever…” on July 20th and on the 24th she’s heading back to her hometown of Akita to perform a free live at Agora Hiroba in front of JR Akita Station.

This year marks the 3rd year since her debut and the first time she has performed in Akita. She explains that she wants this live to be a requiem for the victims of the Tohoku Earthquake.

Sugawara’s debut song “KIMI ni Okuru Uta” was a top song in digital sales; having more than one million downloads. Her album “Forever…” is also expected to do well on Recochoku’s ranking.

Source: Sanspo (http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/110...0503003-n1.htm)

Hmm... Quite interesting. She's more on the digital side than physical side. (And I still like Kimi ni Okuru Uta, to be honest.)

Bigtop · #**210** 19th July 2011, 10:24 AM

I've just heard that there's a new Sayuri Sugawara iPhone app! Except that it's only available in the Japanese App store...

http://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/id450389727?mt=8

Bigtop · #**211** 19th July 2011, 05:43 PM

Larger covers

Limited Edition

Regular Edition

NintendoHTF1242 · #**212** 19th July 2011, 06:56 PM

Ugh the limited edition is really really ugly.

Bigtop · #**213** 20th July 2011, 06:59 PM

Day 1: #24

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/

(For reference: #1 belongs to TUBE. I don't do this often, but because there's no "hot ticket" artists (e.g. Arashi, Ayu, Kuu, AKB48, Tohoshinki, Namie, Utada, etc.) really releasing something new, I've decided to put that "for reference" information. Arashi's #4, AKB48's #22...)

Bigtop · #**214** 21st July 2011, 01:20 PM

Day 2: #10

What an improvement!

(For reference: #1 now belongs to JUJU (from last week); TUBE goes down to #2.)

Bigtop · #**215** 22nd July 2011, 04:52 PM

Day 3: Whoops, I think it's off the charts again. (puts hand in face)

Bigtop · #**216** 24th July 2011, 01:29 AM

And, day 4, off the charts still... (Anyone commenting? I'm quite lonely here...)

But it's Sunday already in Japan (by the end of the day, analog TV is gone), so what does this mean? Sayu's now in Akita!

Quote:

Sugawara Sayuri to make a comeback in front of Akita Station

Following in Nishino Kana’s footsteps, Sugawara Sayuri’s popularity is growing as she becomes the next “Chaku Uta Queen”. Sugawara is set to release her mini album “Forever…” on July 20th and on the 24th she’s heading back to her hometown of Akita to perform a free live at Agora Hiroba in front of JR Akita Station.

This year marks the 3rd year since her debut and the first time she has performed in Akita. She explains that she wants this live to be a requiem for the victims of the Tohoku Earthquake.

Sugawara’s debut song “KIMI ni Okuru Uta” was a top song in digital sales; having more than one million downloads. Her album “Forever…” is also expected to do well on Recochoku’s ranking.

Source: Sanspo (http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/110...0503003-n1.htm)

See also: http://ameblo.jp/sayurisugawara/entry-10963036993.html

Bigtop · #**217** 24th July 2011, 06:40 PM

Still out of the charts again, but I'm also waiting for pictures from her performance(s) in Akita...

Bigtop · #**218** 25th July 2011, 10:17 AM

Picture from the Akita performances

http://www.cdjournal.com/main/news/s...a-sayuri/39590
http://www.rbbtoday.com/article/2011/07/25/79292.html
http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000071816

Bigtop · #**219** 26th July 2011, 10:22 PM

Waiting for the official weekly ranking... Any comments on the previous post? I'm still lonely right now...

Utena · #**220** 27th July 2011, 10:17 AM

kinda sad I missed that, I wish I could have stayed one more week in Japan :/
She didn't have a lot of promotion this time around, I guess her sales won't be that great once more... She needs a single with a super great tie in to push her.